linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] Expand memblock=debug to provide a bit more details (v1).

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <4FA95976.9050900@linux.intel.com>
Date:	Tue, 08 May 2012 10:35:50 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
CC:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	tj@...nel.org, paul.gortmaker@...driver.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] Expand memblock=debug to provide a bit more details
 (v1).

On 05/04/2012 12:24 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
>>
>> that RET_IP is not very helpful for debugging.
> 
> Is there a better way of doing it that is automatic?
>>

It depends on what "it" is.  You could do a full stack backtrace, or use
__builtin_return_address(N).

	-hpa

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/